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" I'm not an icon. Not even in America. "
John Mayer
America
Icon
Even
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" I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare. "
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" Atlanta's my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive. "
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" When you're just open but not honest, then you start free-associating garbage. "
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" I've realized you can use a fork as a spoon if you use it rapidly enough. "
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" I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am. "
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" I'm very happy in all aspects of my life. "
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End
Loved
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" I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats. "
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Done
Thought
" Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day. "
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" I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it. "
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